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Thursday, 07 August 2008 |
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New European spying proposals 'threaten British security'
'It suggests a network of "anti-terrorist centres" in each country co-ordinated by SitCen, the European Union's intelligence assessment centre in Brussels.
Other proposals suggest standardising police surveillance techniques and extending the sharing of DNA and fingerprint databases to include CCTV video footage and material gathered by "spy drones".
The plans are based on the idea that the EU can do better than national governments with the report adding: "It appears that this sector cannot be managed politically by individual member states."
It is also suggests that the European Gendarmerie Force (EGF), which currently only involves France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands, should become an EU body.
The proposal will step up pressure on the UK to allow the deployment of armed foreign police officers in Britain during "crisis" situations, including public order disturbances at international summits.'
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